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To wonder why so many male migrants have committed sexual assaults:even if they are evil people, wouldn't staying in the UK be an incentive to abide by the law?

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Jane379 · 03/06/2026 00:05

I KNOW that plenty of the men who come are not evil and don't want to commit sexual assault. But clearly a number who have come are, and there's strong evidence that male migrants are disproportionately lileky to do so.

This almost surely at least partly caused by misogynistic culture in various areas meaning back home they perceived uncovered women as permissible to assault. But surely they know it's different here? That they will likely be caught? They are at least more likely to be punished here for assault.

Or are they convinced our police system will let them off?

Or they're not aware our norms are different?

Or just don't care about the consequences?

I wonder also if criminals are in a sense selected for since they may have little to tie them to their home countries, or even be escaping punishment there.

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DustyMaiden · 03/06/2026 09:14

I had a strange experience that enlightened me to the difference in cultural perceptions of women.

I had worked for many years at a multicultural corporation. I had management meetings with many Muslim men. They were kind , respectful, intelligent people.

one day we had a team building exercise where we had to stand on chairs. So I took my shoes off.

In the coming weeks three of these men made unwelcome advances to me. I couldn’t understand why after working together so long.

I found out they thought I was promiscuous because my toe nails were painted red.

WellThatsAlrightThen · 03/06/2026 09:14

godmum56 · 03/06/2026 08:38

excuse me but "assault" and "encounter" are different things. I do not believe that most women are assaulted as children, or indeed ever.

It’s not an “encounter” if one person is under 16 and the other isn’t, it is assault. I really do believe most females are under 16 when they experience some type of sexual assault for the first time. It might be minor - Iwas 14 when I had my bum groped by a man at the funfair, but it’s still sexual assault.

50sandFabulous · 03/06/2026 09:14

They have lived in a country where women are covered from head to toe, so they are seeing for the first time : bare legs, lots of cleavage, pretty faces, long hair uncovered (blonde probably exciting, as never seen before).

They come from countries where women have no rights.

They come from countries where rape isn't a crime.

If they venture out late at night, in a City, they will have access to lots of women who are drunk, who will find it hard to fight off an attacker.

They can see from the news, that even if you get caught, and then convicted of rape, the sentence is non existent, or, even if you do go to jail, the jail is probably not that bad an option, as it'll be nicer than where they came from, they will get a roof over their head and 3 square meals a day for FREE.

AND

Many will be virgins, and those that aren't virgins haven't had sex for a VERY long time - they will be about as horny as it gets. Sexual urges and the raging horn, plus an erection in his pants, will override all common sense, in that moment.

I mean, how many times do men follow their dicks, without all the other stuff thrown in? We've seen it time, and time again, without all the extra factors listed above.

howshouldibehave · 03/06/2026 09:13

Wipeywipey · 03/06/2026 09:07

There are more non-migrant men attacking women in this country by far.
Our own men were raised here with our "values" and entire education system and free healthcare. They haven't seen active warfare, famine or homelessness and displacement like many migrants have. You should be asking why so many of our own hurt women.

Agree. There is evidence to suggest men in powerful positions have an elevated level of sexual abuse-shall we ban this, too?

InLoveWithAI · 03/06/2026 09:12

1dayatatime · 03/06/2026 09:05

Again another post that denies actual facts and evidence. It is exactly as I explained:

The Centre for Migration Control report showed that Afghan nationals were 22 times more likely to be convicted of sex offences than British nationals.

Madeleine Sumption, the director of the Migration Observatory however disputes these figures estimates the rate to be 14.5 – not 22 – times higher for Afghan nationals.

So in summary Afghan nationals are between 14.5 to 22 times more likely to commit sex crimes than British nationals.

Yet still I'm sure that you will either refuse or dispute these figures.

Convicted is not the same as commited.

Who do you think a jury is more likely to convict?

A white boy who does well at swimming?

Or an Afghan refugee?

AlternateLook · 03/06/2026 09:09

Wipeywipey · 03/06/2026 09:07

There are more non-migrant men attacking women in this country by far.
Our own men were raised here with our "values" and entire education system and free healthcare. They haven't seen active warfare, famine or homelessness and displacement like many migrants have. You should be asking why so many of our own hurt women.

By head of population, migrant men commit far, far more sexual crimes than indigenous men.

OneTealShaker · 03/06/2026 09:08

Naunet · 03/06/2026 09:07

Are you referring to rape as 'putting a foot wrong'?

Of course. To those people it’s no big issue. Women must sacrificed at the altar of mass uncontrolled immigration.

Wipeywipey · 03/06/2026 09:07

There are more non-migrant men attacking women in this country by far.
Our own men were raised here with our "values" and entire education system and free healthcare. They haven't seen active warfare, famine or homelessness and displacement like many migrants have. You should be asking why so many of our own hurt women.

Naunet · 03/06/2026 09:07

laveritable · 03/06/2026 09:04

You mean the SCREAMING headlines, when the migrants put a foot wrong?

Are you referring to rape as 'putting a foot wrong'?

AlternateLook · 03/06/2026 09:06

It's cultural. Many of these men come from a society where the attitude to women is medieval.

1dayatatime · 03/06/2026 09:05

MandingoAteMyBaby · 03/06/2026 08:47

No, it’s not that.

The Centre for Migration Control data compares apples with oranges. It’s completely flawed.

Again another post that denies actual facts and evidence. It is exactly as I explained:

The Centre for Migration Control report showed that Afghan nationals were 22 times more likely to be convicted of sex offences than British nationals.

Madeleine Sumption, the director of the Migration Observatory however disputes these figures estimates the rate to be 14.5 – not 22 – times higher for Afghan nationals.

So in summary Afghan nationals are between 14.5 to 22 times more likely to commit sex crimes than British nationals.

Yet still I'm sure that you will either refuse or dispute these figures.

laveritable · 03/06/2026 09:04

You mean the SCREAMING headlines, when the migrants put a foot wrong?

Sunshineandoranges · 03/06/2026 09:01

Ponoka7 · 03/06/2026 00:22

They don't know that it is different here, who do you think is educating them? Most women's first sexual encounter is as s child, but very few men are charged with child sexual offences. Even for people who migrate here,there's no support groups to teach a lot of things. Life in our prisons, is better than what they face, as a asylum seeker etc.

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Most womens first sexual encounter usasa child??? Can you support what seems to me a ridiculous and damagibg statement.

MsJinks · 03/06/2026 09:00

Dmsandfloatydress · 03/06/2026 08:45

Even one more rape from someone from a migrant background is too many as we women have enough to deal with , with home grown rapists ,thank you! I have spent many years working with refugees and yes, its the culture. Many young men coming from places like Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sudan literally have no reference points to understand this society. Those in Home Office accomodation rarely receive any kind of cultural orientation and therefore view our society through their own cultural lense. Women are mothers or whores and women walking around scantily dressed, on their own are clearly prositutes so its normal to rape them. There were many rapes in home office accomodation when I was working with the cohort.
These young men are often disgusted with our society and consider us degenerate and heathen. However, they love the economic opportunities afforded by living here. Please dont be naive. I used to be very left wing about this sort of thing and after workingn n the sector I now appreciate that there are some cultures that literally cannot be integrated into this society and I fear for British Young Girls who will have to deal with the threat these young men pose.
If I had my way we would only allow women and child refugees to remain in the UK. They pose no threat to other women and children and will integrate much faster without the men. In addition, when in comes to civil conflict , we have no ide if the men we are importing are in fact war criminals and no way to find out.

We should definitely work more on integration. We didn’t learn the lessons from the 50s/60s when we housed migrants in the poorest ends of town and ended up causing division. We still handle it all very badly.

ESOL funding was cut around 2011 which isn’t helpful - no orientation type things where locals can help. We managed this stuff with Ukrainian refugees - it is possible.

FatEndoftheWedge · 03/06/2026 08:59

How have they got any idea about our laws ?
How have they got any idea about equality and respect for women ?

I don't undertsnd how they would know any of this without some fairly strong and robust training ?

GeneralPeter · 03/06/2026 08:58

MandingoAteMyBaby · 03/06/2026 08:54

I don’t think you have understood the post you are replying to.

Oh. Please do explain if I’ve got the wrong end of the stick.

I read their claim as being that once adjusted for sex and age the offending rates of migrants looks like that of non-migrants.

Wasn’t that it?

My post was about whether taking migrants as a group (as the PP did in their claim) might disguise some very different offending rates by national origin, as it does in European countries that split out the data.

OneTealShaker · 03/06/2026 08:58

MandingoAteMyBaby · 03/06/2026 08:47

No, it’s not that.

The Centre for Migration Control data compares apples with oranges. It’s completely flawed.

‘The data doesn’t align with my far left fantasies, so I’ll say it’s wrong’.

Other available definitions of this comment include: ‘defending rape and sexual assaults is a small price to pay for tolerance and diversity’.

Quine0nline · 03/06/2026 08:57

I doubt it any rapist stops and thinks what are the consequences of my actions.
Regardless of colour, race, nationality.
The two factors are " I'm horny" or "I want to punish women."

If you come from a culture where a woman not in covered dress or out on her own is a prostitute, you will not think that it is any different.

If you look at porn in Taunton, or Timbuktu, Tittikaka or Tsing tao you will see British or American women. That will be you goal and aim of "beauty or availability" - most likely availability.

luckylavender · 03/06/2026 08:56

Ponoka7 · 03/06/2026 00:22

They don't know that it is different here, who do you think is educating them? Most women's first sexual encounter is as s child, but very few men are charged with child sexual offences. Even for people who migrate here,there's no support groups to teach a lot of things. Life in our prisons, is better than what they face, as a asylum seeker etc.

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Most women's first sexual encounter is as s child - Really? Most?

nonmerci99 · 03/06/2026 08:55

Shakeoffyourchains · 03/06/2026 00:27

There is zero credible evidence to support that view. Henry Fudge recently did a video that shows that once you standardise the data to account for ages and socioeconomic background the offending rates of British and migrants males are virtually identical.

Lewis Aaron also has an ongoing series that shows the figures put out by the centre for migration control, and quoted by the likes of GB News, have been falsified to support a narrative.

Exactly. The problem is men.

MandingoAteMyBaby · 03/06/2026 08:54

GeneralPeter · 03/06/2026 08:50

What happens when you break it out by country of origin?

(I don’t think we know for the UK. But countries that do publish show starkly different offending rates. I think the starting assumption for the UK should be that we would see differences by origin country too).

I don’t think you have understood the post you are replying to.

Whatisthisperihell · 03/06/2026 08:50

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd8BL9euvQY

I found this a really interesting take on the policing of such crimes. It's a long watch but it is grounded in evidence and explains current policing. For those asking for evidence.

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd8BL9euvQY

GeneralPeter · 03/06/2026 08:50

basoon · 03/06/2026 08:44

This. If you compare migrants to the whole population, women, all ages etc, they look like they offend more. When you compare them to a similar group of young males, those differences disappear. But many people prefer to rely on prejudice rather than facts.

What happens when you break it out by country of origin?

(I don’t think we know for the UK. But countries that do publish show starkly different offending rates. I think the starting assumption for the UK should be that we would see differences by origin country too).

MandingoAteMyBaby · 03/06/2026 08:47

1dayatatime · 03/06/2026 08:40

This is quite an interesting response and shows how even when faced with facts and data polarised views refuse to change.

Previous posters have claimed "but where's the evidence that certain foreign nationals are more likely per capita to commit sex crimes than UK nationals ".

Then the data is provided, this usually elicits a response of challenging the source, the data or simply refusing to believe it.

My link was a UK Parliament and official Government database, unless you think that is "bogus".

Following a FoI request the Centre of Migration Observatory published a report that Afghan nationals were 22 times more likely to commit sex crimes in the UK than UK nationals.

This was criticised by the Migration Observatory for using 2021 data on the number of Afghan nationals in the UK. The Migration Observatory claimed the true figure as Afghan nationals only being 14.5 times more likely to commit sex crimes than IK nationals.

No, it’s not that.

The Centre for Migration Control data compares apples with oranges. It’s completely flawed.

VeganSteakAndFries · 03/06/2026 08:46

Plenty of MEN in general op. Ffs.

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